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Fort Hays State University is a public institution of higher education in Hays, Kansas, midway between Kansas City, Kansas, and Denver, Colorado. A land-grant institution, it was built on the site of the former Fort Hays Military Reservation. It opened in 1902 as a branch of Kansas State Normal School (now Emporia State University). The two became independent of one another in 1914, and the institution went on to be a teachers college and then a state college. It obtained university status in 1977.

The student body consists of more than 10,000 students, including several thousand students enrolled exclusively in online programs. The great majority of the students are undergraduates.

Fort Hays State awards associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees. Programs are conducted through the Graduate School, the Virtual College (for online programs), and colleges of arts and sciences, business, education, and health and life sciences. Campus facilities include an observatory and a natural history museum.

The university’s varsity sports teams, nicknamed the Tigers, compete in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). School colors are black and gold.

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